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If you`re chilly while everyone else in the room is comfy, you may be suffering from a lack of iron. Even a small deficiency can increase the likelihood of chills, according to the November issue of the Tufts University Diet & Nutrition Letter. Researchers in Grand Forks, N.D., found that a group of woman who were put on a low-iron diet for 2 1/2 months lost up to 30 percent more body heat while sitting in a drafty room than they did after having their iron supply restored to normal.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - In his prime, Tiger Woods bounced balls off his wedge. Friday? He drop-kicked his club at Augusta National. Woods booted his 9-iron after dumping his tee shot on No. 16 into the front-right bunker. "We can safely say Tiger has lost his game ... and his mind," three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo commented on the CBS broadcast. Woods' take: "It's a simple 9-iron, not that hard. It's a very easy golf shot. " Not for him. Not this day. After getting to 2 under for the round and tournament with a birdie on No. 3, Woods played his final 15 holes in 5 over to card a 75, his highest round here since logging a pair of them in 2004.

Cast-iron cookware is beneficial to health because it adds iron to food. For example, scrambling eggs in an iron skillet or simmering spaghetti sauce in an iron pot can double or triple the iron content of the meal, according to material published by Safeway's Nutrition Awareness Program. Another way of tripling the iron content absorbed from foods is to include a source of vitamin C along with the food. For instance, eating iron- fortified breads and cereals along with a glass of orange juice can triple the absorbable iron.

At 2,000 degrees, iron gives in to your will. You sweat. You calculate angles. Hit it skillfully and your hunk of metal can become a twisting arm of a chair or a curlicue on a railing or even a delicately wrought deer or a razor-sharp sword. At least that's the hope of students in Pat McGuire's blacksmith class in suburban Sterling, Va., being held in an era when crafting iron is more popular among Americans than at any time since the period between the world wars. A smoking forge spread heat one July morning in the already hot, heavy air. Funk and Motown cut in and out from the radio as McGuire warmed the first piece of iron to a glowing orange, held it on an anvil mounted on a tree stump and struck it. Soon the radio was drowned out by McGuire and his three students in a syncopated beating of metal, the teacher's even, ringing hammer against heavy iron, the students' three hammers tapping a tentative response as they chipped off their own pieces of glowing scale.

People lie about love. It can exist for inanimate objects, such as my Rowenta Professional iron (about $115 at Macy's, Kohl's and other retailers), the ultimate tool for the man who chooses to iron his own shirts, rather than cast them to the high-heat, button-breaking winds of the corner cleaner. It (OK, she) is as manly looking as an iron can be, aerodynamic yet broad-shouldered. The cord swivels in the base to keep things tangle-free as you move around the shirt. It heats fast and delivers a lustrous, constant cascade of steam from full reservoir to last drop.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Monopoly fans have voted to make a cat the newest token in the popular board game, replacing the not-so-hot iron, toymaker Hasbro Inc said on Wednesday. After a month-long online vote in 185 countries, the iron was ousted by the cat, which will become the newest token in the classic game after winning 31 percent of the vote. "While we're a bit sad to see the iron go, the cat token is a fantastic choice by the fans and we have no doubt it will become just as iconic as the original tokens," Eric Nyman, senior vice president and global brand leader for Hasbro Gaming, said in a statement.

NEW DELHI, May 10 (Reuters) - India's federal government will decide if South Korean steelmaker POSCO can have preferential access to an iron ore mine for its planned $12 billion steel plant, a top court said, providing a boost to the troubled project billed as the country's largest foreign direct investment. POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steel producer, has waited eight years to get necessary clearances, land and an iron ore mining licence to start work on the plant in eastern Odisha state slated to have a capacity of 12 million tonnes a year.

The rust is history at Salvage One, the mother lode of architectural objects. Previously overlooked objects are taking on a whole new life with a little imagination and a blowtorch at 1524 S. Sangamon St. In an effort to find new ways to recycle antique architectural elements, Salvage One has recently begun fabricating headboards, daybeds and console, end and coffee tables out of American and European iron fragments. Some beautiful pieces already custom-made include headboards produced out of 19th Century French window guards.

By Irene Klotz Jan 29 (Reuters) - You think the weather is bad on Earth lately. On Luhman 16B, a hybrid planet-star located 6.7 light years away, scientists say it's raining molten iron, research released on Wednesday shows. The first weather maps from this dim, gaseous object known as a brown dwarf, show a complex structure of patchy clouds, comprised of liquid iron and other minerals stewing in scorching temperatures, a pair of studies show. Computer models indicate that as a brown dwarfs cools, liquid droplets containing iron and other minerals form in their atmospheres.